Factor Samurai - Multiply and Divide your way to Times Tables Mastery
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | $2.99 | Third Rail, LLC | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Factor samurai is a great way to learn times tables. You play as the samurai whose sacred duty is to cut all the numbers down to their prime factors.
You will be thrown one number after the next, cut them up if they can be factored into smaller values, if not, if they are prime, do not cut them.
Prime numbers are numbers that cannot be divided into small whole numbers. Two, three, five, seven, eleven, and thirteen are all examples of prime numbers. Four is not prime because it can be broken down in the whole numbers two times two.
Factor Samurai will reinforce the arithmetic principles of multiplication and division by continually challenging the player to remember which numbers can be factored into smaller values, and which ones can't.
As the player slices numbers into factors, those factors can be broken down further, until they are split into their prime factors.
Knowing that 63 is 3 times 3 times 7 or that 128 is 2 raised to the seventh power (7 twos!) is how you become a true Factor Samurai!
Factor Samurai is used extensively in the classroom. More than half of the recorded downloads are to public schools.
Reviews
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JJ LU
This app is amazing. So many apps are just flash cards with a theme but this is different. Kids also get familiar with recognizing prime numbers quickly and just how composite some numbers are. I REALLY wish I could increase the size of the numbers to 100 and beyond though. I would pay to upgrade even!
Awesome game!
Rculatta
It's like playing Fruit Ninja but you actually get smarter the longer you play instead of... well, whatever happens when you play Fruit Ninja for too long. The point is, this is a great little game. Good work guys!
Intense!
pleasantly pleased parent
Fast paced and educational. Like Fruit Ninja but more fun because you really have to use your brain.
Fun. Educational. Simple.
K Hiatt
I love it! The gameplay gets to be very challenging. My mind gets to thinking quickly and my memory becomes stronger as I keep playing. I can't put it down. Well worth the small price tag!!
Too much fun to be educational
Drew McKinney
It's a game... Or is it? I've genuinely never had more fun doing factors. It's easy to pick up but hard to put down. Plus, you brush up on your times table skills. Great graphics, mood, and fun!
Great Game!
mdimmett
Great graphics, great game play, very challenging and incorporates learning. Love it!
The master
Goo4u
Great app. Don't start playing this right before you go to bed. You'll be up all night.
